latitudinally
Americanadverb
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in a direction or position running parallel to lines of geographic latitude.
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in a way that relates to geographic latitude.
Example Sentences
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BlackSky satellites orbit the Earth latitudinally in the opposite direction to Earth’s rotation.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
The crown was bared sometimes longitudinally, sometimes latitudinally, from the nape of the neck to the forehead, or from one ear to another.
From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Its roofs were divided into many gables; its windows were diamond paned and projecting, whilst oaken beams ran latitudinally and vertically over its grey shingle front.
From The Sorcery Club by Elliott O'Donnell
Formerly, its range extended from the Gulf of Mexico almost to the shores of the Arctic Sea, and latitudinally from ocean to ocean.
From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by William Harvey
That meridian is an imaginary line drawn round the world longitudinally, and passing through the north and south poles, as the equator is a line passing round it latitudinally.
From Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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